Zachary S. Parker, CFP&#174;

Zach joined Securities America in January 2006. He began his career as a field representative of National Life of Vermont and Equity Services, Inc. In his current role Zach is responsible for the Annuity and Insurance Business lines and Income Distribution Planning. He has been involved in the development of practical income distribution solution tools for Securities Americas advisors and has worked to enhance the Income for Life Illustration system and has been involved in the development of many of the NextPhase Income Distribution Solutions including the Capturing the Income Distribution Opportunity whitepaper and the ROI* Profile. Zach received a Judges Grant from the FPA Financial Frontiers Awards program for his Income-Harvesting Strategy: whitepaper. This paper was published in the August 2008 edition of the Journal of Financial Planning. He can also be heard on the Master Series podcasts on AdvisorPod.com, the Master Series podcast focuses on providing insight into the business practices of the industrys elite financial advisors. Zach earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with emphasis in Finance from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln and is working towards his Masters in Business Administration at the University of Nebraska, Omaha.